What Drives Liquidity on Decentralized Exchanges? Evidence from the Uniswap Protocol
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| author | Zhu, Brian Z. Liu, Dingyue Wan, Xin Liao, Gordon Moallemi, Ciamac C. Bachu, Brad |
| author_facet | Zhu, Brian Z. Liu, Dingyue Wan, Xin Liao, Gordon Moallemi, Ciamac C. Bachu, Brad |
| contents | We study liquidity on decentralized exchanges (DEXs), identifying factors at the platform, blockchain, token pair, and liquidity pool levels with predictive power for market depth metrics. We introduce the v2 counterfactual spread metric, a novel criterion which assesses the degree of liquidity concentration in pools using the ``concentrated liquidity'' mechanism, allowing us to decompose the effect of a factor on market depth into two channels: total value locked (TVL) and concentration. We further explore how external liquidity from competing DEXs and private inventory on DEX aggregators influence market depth. We find that (i) gas prices, returns, and a DEX's share of trading volume affect liquidity through concentration, (ii) internalization of order flow by private market makers affects TVL but not the overall market depth, and (iii) volatility, fee revenue, and markout affect liquidity through both channels. |
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| spellingShingle | What Drives Liquidity on Decentralized Exchanges? Evidence from the Uniswap Protocol Zhu, Brian Z. Liu, Dingyue Wan, Xin Liao, Gordon Moallemi, Ciamac C. Bachu, Brad Trading and Market Microstructure We study liquidity on decentralized exchanges (DEXs), identifying factors at the platform, blockchain, token pair, and liquidity pool levels with predictive power for market depth metrics. We introduce the v2 counterfactual spread metric, a novel criterion which assesses the degree of liquidity concentration in pools using the ``concentrated liquidity'' mechanism, allowing us to decompose the effect of a factor on market depth into two channels: total value locked (TVL) and concentration. We further explore how external liquidity from competing DEXs and private inventory on DEX aggregators influence market depth. We find that (i) gas prices, returns, and a DEX's share of trading volume affect liquidity through concentration, (ii) internalization of order flow by private market makers affects TVL but not the overall market depth, and (iii) volatility, fee revenue, and markout affect liquidity through both channels. |
| title | What Drives Liquidity on Decentralized Exchanges? Evidence from the Uniswap Protocol |
| topic | Trading and Market Microstructure |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19107 |